The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-06-21
Maui Racing Association.

The long mooted scheme of race track
for hahului has at last become fact. Abeut
a month ago sufficient money had been sub
scribed to enable the promoters to proceed
with the work of grading and fencing the
track, which is situated on the commons to
the rear of Kahului, and adjacent to the H.
G. Il Cos store. The track is pear shaped
one, one-halt mile In length. with the win
ming post near the apex; q grand stand and
judges stand have already been erected,
although considerable remains yet to be done
before the work Is entirely finished The
promoters have formed themselves into a
regularly constituted association, with
President, Vice-Presideut, Secretary and
Treasurer, and executive committee. The
track will be formally opened on the Fourth
of July, for which the Executive have already
prepared rather lengthy and attractive
programme, wherein the best equine stock
of Maui are 10 enter the lists, il being even
rGmOred that some of the blue bloods of the
turf IN Honolulu have not thought it beneath
their dignity to try conclusions with our
Maui flyers.
On "kamehameha Day." although the
track and its adjuncts were not entirely COM
pleted, an impromptu meeting was arranged
under the auspices of the Association. and
from the number of holiday makers who
visited the grounds, the future of the race
track, US 4 'Loadstone' for the pleasure
seekers IN holiday season, is highly crafty
ing TO Its friends. An attractive programme
was gone through without hitch or accident.
In most of the races the horses were we'll
matched and the finishes caused considerable
excitement.
For animals claiming only a mediocrity of
breeding, the time made was considered
good taking into consideration the unfinished
condition of the tSaci which was vet sofs
and heavy IN many places, causing the horses
10 labor considerably. One race. a match
between horses, owned by J. q. Stelliny and
a Chinaman named Ten hui was especially
exciting, from the start to the finish, both
horses were neck and neck and passed under
the wire g" a dead heat" and on the race
beng run over later IN the day the same re-
latIve positions were again held again round
the track, Ten hul's mare winning at the
wire by barely head.
The programme was rs follows:
Match race, $30-I mile dash.
d. Meyers Patti q 5 Ir...A........ IL
/. Lyons Beeswlng 5 g........ ............2
IL-Match race. $l0O-555 mile dash.
J. 4. Stelling's g z Flying Dutehmau.
l. Jacobsen's b Jim. >
I-Sweepstakes-JJ5 mile Dash for , or 3
year old.
Q. Niles Gray Eagle ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I. Broao.s b g.-....---.-.-- -------.....-....2
H. hOOSrIS. u silver King. ....-....... %
IV-Match races mile dash.
This race was between horses owned by
l. Won Temskey and c. Miles, the latter
withdrew leaving walk over for Won Tenn
skey.
Y-Scrub race--Free to ALL mile dash.
For this race there were six entries, won
by L. II. Yetlesen's lin Tag.
YI-Match race, $4O-111 mile dash.
This race was between J. II. Stelliug's @
Flying Dutcbman and Ten Kui's g M Miss
Perry and resulted in a dead heat. The
race was again run over later on and resulted
n victory for the mare by almost dead
neat.
YII-Pony races mile dash.
L. Won Temskey's Johnny ........1
Il Buffers m Calamity Jane
VIII-Wailuku medal mile
[. II. Vetlesen's b Tin Tag .......1
NJ. G. Ross's Crazy Bel.
9. Miles Hancock Jr.
Although the foregoing constituted the
official programme, several other races of
minor Importance were run between en-
husiastic spirits wishing to test respec-
i've merits of their animals. Although the
lay proved very enjoyable to Ill interested in